Guess how long MIL stayed at DS's party?

capemom

An hour. ?She came with SIL, BIL and nephew (they live on the same street, but it was only a 20 minute drive to my mother's house.) They bought nephew his first pair of ice skates and wanted to take him skating for the first time (he's 2.5.) ?I was annoyed that SIL decided that the best time to take him skating was in the middle of DS's party, but I was really pissed that MIL chose to leave her grandson's party to go watch her other grandson do something that he will likely do dozens of times this winter. ?

Vent over. ?I feel better ?

Rebekah1021

Ouch! That's pretty bad.

skippy2310

That's pretty crappy of them!   I'd be pissed too!

 

Littlejen22

What did DH say?  I would totally make DH say something to his mother, that's so freaking rude to leave one grandchild's party to do something mundane with another one.  I would say something to BIL and SIL too...they were obviously not liking your DS getting all the attention.

Rebekah1021

I hope you go to his next party and leave with your DS and say take him to the zoo.

Ciarrai

I wish my MIL (and FIL) had left DD#1's party.  I wish they'd had somewhere to go.  MIL sat in the corner pouting that DD#1 wasn't paying attention to her and yelling at any kids that came even within 5 feet of DD#2 in the swing.  (She was also pouting because DD#2 would scream if she tried to hold her.)  She absolutely lost it when DD#2 started getting passed around to my friends when she woke up (relatively happily).  My favorite part was when she yelled at my friend's DS for looking at DD#2 when she was sleeping.  It was fun. At least my friends were prepared because they'd heard stories ahead of time anyway...

PiperBride

Ciarrai:

I wish my MIL (and FIL) had left DD#1's party.  I wish they'd had somewhere to go.  MIL sat in the corner pouting that DD#1 wasn't paying attention to her and yelling at any kids that came even within 5 feet of DD#2 in the swing.  (She was also pouting because DD#2 would scream if she tried to hold her.)  She absolutely lost it when DD#2 started getting passed around to my friends when she woke up (relatively happily).  My favorite part was when she yelled at my friend's DS for looking at DD#2 when she was sleeping.  It was fun. At least my friends were prepared because they'd heard stories ahead of time anyway...

Geez....that is completely insane. 

capemom, I'm sorry they acted like that.  I love your sig pic, by the way. 

capemom

Thanks, ladies.

Ciarri, that is craaazy! ?

Thanks, PiperBride. ?He's a clown.

I think DH is just so used to their shit that he doesn't let it bother him. ?It's not like I wanted to hang out with them, but DS is getting old enough that he is going to start noticing that MIL blatantly favors nephew. ?Oh, and this sealed the deal that we will not be going out of our way at all to cater to their plans at Christmas.

Mrs.JDD

I'm so late on this, but hopefully you see it...I am sorry that you have to go through this and I know exactly how it feels.  My mil does the same thing to Claire...blatantly favors two other grandchildren.  I don't want to get into it, but it breaks my heart to think she could love other children so much more than my sweet baby...she should love them all the same.  How is your family with your ds?  I feel so fortunate that my family goes out of their way to make Claire feel special.  It kind of makes me feel like, who needs her anyway?  Ugh, it is horrible.